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Brents?

Look like Brents to me. Taken at distance, much cropped. These were not calling and appeared smaller and darker birds than the Greylags around which were calling. If I was on the coast I would have no doubt but as these are not on the Marston list it is of some interest!

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Filename:	geese750.jpg
Album name:	David Morison / Discussion Birds
Photographer Name::	David Morison
Date and Lincs Location::	06/12/10 Marston STW
Camera Type and Info::	Olympus E30, 300mm f2.8
Filesize:	126 KiB
Date added:	Dec 06, 2010
Dimensions:	700 x 380 pixels
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URL:	http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/album/displayimage.php?pid=13729
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Stephen Routledge

[Dec 06, 2010 at 08:10 PM]

Hi David,these geese are certainly not Brent Geese,as they have grey areas in the upperwings and horseshoe shaped marks in the white rump area suggesting they are a grey goose sp.Going by the pale underwings i would say that they are Greylag's.

gpc

[Dec 06, 2010 at 09:11 PM]

head shape and bill profile also suggest Greylag

David Morison

[Dec 08, 2010 at 08:17 AM]

These are not Greylag, two other sources confirm they are Brents.

Stephen Routledge

[Dec 08, 2010 at 08:22 PM]

Ok David,if these are Brent Geese,what identification features are you basing this on??.There are several reasons why they arn't as mentioned above,so i cannot understand why you or two other resources confirm them as Brent Geese??.

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